Federico Beffa <be...@ieee.org> skribis: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: >> Federico Beffa <be...@ieee.org> skribis: >> >>> The question is: do we want to make a 'cc' symlink to 'gcc' in the >>> 'gcc' package? >> >> So far we’ve resisted the temptation, and it’s rarely been an issue. >> :-) > > Could you elaborate on the down sides? (I'm not trying to insist, but to > learn.)
Basically it’s good to stick to what GCC does, and GCC does not install ‘cc’. There’s a subjective aesthetic downside: it’s good to spread the ‘g’. And also, it turns out to work for 99% of the packages. (I’m afraid this answer may disappoint you. ;-)) Ludo’.
